Mixing and transmitting multiplex audiovisual information

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information for each of the two or more communication devices. Each of the two or more communication devices transmits a communication system stream, comprising audiovisual information recorded by each communication device, to the computer. The computer stores each of the communication system streams in memory, and generates an outbound teleconference stream comprising at least one of the two or more communication system streams. The computer transmits the outbound teleconference stream to each of the two or more communication devices.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 one or more communication devices; and   one or more cloud systems each comprising an administrator coupled with a database, the one or more cloud systems configured to:   generate a teleconference space;   receive and mix incoming audiovisual information from each of a select number of the one or more communication devices participating in the teleconference space;   transmit the mixed audiovisual information as a multiplex outbound teleconference stream to each of the one or more communication devices;   continuously update which of the number of incoming audiovisual information is avoided and which of the number of incoming audiovisual information is selected to comprise the multiplex outbound teleconference stream according to an evaluation criteria and a priority signal, the priority signal received from each of the one or more communication devices, wherein the priority signal comprises a binary value specifying whether each of the one or more communication devices is currently detecting audible sound, and wherein the evaluation criteria comprise predetermined keywords and a number of the one or more communication devices which most recently transmitted the priority signal; and   store data comprising a copy of the transmitted multiplex outbound teleconference stream to permit one or more communication devices to access and display the stored multiplex outbound teleconference stream at a later time.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the selected number of the incoming audiovisual information is limited to a particular number. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more cloud systems are configured to:
 generate a private teleconference space based on only including two or more identified communication devices.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more cloud systems are configured to:
 maintain data at one or more locations external to the one or more cloud systems and made available to the one or more cloud systems via a network.   
     
     
         5 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 generating, using one or more cloud systems each comprising an administrator coupled with a database, a teleconference space in which one or more communication devices participate;   receiving and mixing, by the one or more cloud systems, incoming audiovisual information from each of a select number of the one or more communication devices participating in the teleconference space;   transmitting, by the one or more cloud systems, the mixed audiovisual information as a multiplex outbound teleconference stream to each of the one or more communication devices;   continuously updating, by the one or more cloud systems, which of the number of incoming audiovisual information is avoided and which of the number of incoming audiovisual information is selected to comprise the multiplex outbound teleconference stream according to an evaluation criteria and a priority signal, the priority signal received from each of the one or more communication devices, wherein the priority signal comprises a binary value specifying whether each of the one or more communication devices is currently detecting audible sound and wherein the evaluation criteria comprise predetermined keywords and a number of the one or more communication devices which most recently transmitted the priority signal; and   storing, by the one or more cloud systems, data comprising a copy of the transmitted multiplex outbound teleconference stream to permit one or more communication devices to access and display the stored multiplex outbound teleconference stream at a later time.   
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 5 , wherein the selected number of the incoming audiovisual information is limited to a particular number. 
     
     
         7 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 generating, by the one or more cloud systems, a private teleconference space based on only including two or more identified communication devices.   
     
     
         8 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 maintaining, by the one or more cloud systems, data at one or more locations external to the one or more cloud systems and made available to the one or more cloud systems via a network.   
     
     
         9 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodied with software, the software when executed configured to:
 generate, using one or more cloud systems each comprising an administrator coupled with a database, a teleconference space in which one or more communication devices participate;   receive and mix incoming audiovisual information from each of a select number of the one or more communication devices participating in the teleconference space;   transmit the mixed audiovisual information as a multiplex outbound teleconference stream to each of the one or more communication devices;   continuously update which of the number of incoming audiovisual information is avoided and which of the number of incoming audiovisual information is selected to comprise the multiplex outbound teleconference stream according to an evaluation criteria and a priority signal, the priority signal received from each of the one or more communication devices, wherein the priority signal comprises a binary value specifying whether each of the one or more communication devices is currently detecting audible sound and wherein the evaluation criteria comprise predetermined keywords and a number of the one or more communication devices which most recently transmitted the priority signal; and   store data comprising a copy of the transmitted multiplex outbound teleconference stream to permit one or more communication devices to access and display the stored multiplex outbound teleconference stream at a later time.   
     
     
         10 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 9 , wherein the selected number of the incoming audiovisual information is limited to a particular number. 
     
     
         11 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 9 , wherein the software when executed is configured to:
 generate a private teleconference space based on only including two or more identified communication devices.